Tuning Theory
Transnotating Carlos Alpha 2
08 October 2011
This is a
follow-up to my previous articles AlphaTherem
Waltz and Transnotating
Carlos Alpha. Read
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AlphaTherem Waltz
07 October 2011
This lyrical
piece is the second one featuring Carlos Alpha tuning system played
with my Opal Chameleon. Read
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Alpha Compressed Octave
24 September 2011
A further
development of my previous posts (Alpha15 note
layout and Alpha15
update) was the creation of
a fifteen note version of Carlos Alpha. Read
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Spectral Mappings for CARLOS BETA
19 September 2011
Alpha15 update
19 September 2011
Contrariwise
to what I had stated in my previous
article, I ended up choosing
another note layout to play Carlos Alpha and 15ED2 tuning systems with
my Chameleon. Read
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Alpha15 note layout
11 September 2011
Desert Winds in 23 EDO
23 July 2011
Modes of Beta
08 May 2011
Every once in
a while I wonder about how to use my
Halberstadt keyboard
for
xenharmonic music. Now it’s the time to
adapt Carlos Beta to it.
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Yasser, Fibonacci and Carlos
25 February 2011
19edo vs. Carlos Beta
18 January 2011
My
recent
decision of adopting
Carlos Beta as a tuning system to
investigate prompted some considerations.
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Gamma major scales, a major labyrinth
04 December 2010
Reverse Engineering Transnotated Carlos Gamma Scores
01 November 2010
This article
explains how to edit MIDI notes (recorded playing my
Opal Chameleon through
Disarray) when starting from
a transnotated
score in Carlos Gamma. Read
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“C central” note layout Version 2
11 October 2010
Transnotating Carlos Gamma
01 October 2010
"C central" note layout
18 September 2010
This is one
more chapter of the saga about my search for the
ultimate Chameleon note layout
with Carlos Gamma tuning system
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A review of “Musical Mathematics” by Cris Forster
22 August 2010
Dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques - part two
01 April 2010
Dynamic
Modulation “enables you to
instantly change the anchor settings of your scale,
to move the note that the tonic note of the scale
appears on to a new anchor key, and to transpose the
anchor frequency of the scale accordingly so that
things line up.” Read
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Dynamic modulation vs. static retuning techniques - part one
24 March 2010
This is the
first installment of a two-part article about
“dynamic modulation vs. static retuning
techniques” Read
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Gamma Elegy
13 November 2009
A song
featuring a new note layout for an
isomorphic keyboard
and
Carlos Gamma tuning system
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Adagio Gamma Revisited
21 October 2009
Following my
previous blog entry I proceded to experiment with
“Gamma
Chameleon Notation”. Read
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Gamma Chameleon Notation
12 October 2009
This is my
first attempt at solving the notation problem playing
with Carlos Gamma tuning system and Opal Chameleon
isomorphic keyboard Read
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It's all Wendy Carlos' fault...
21 August 2009
Spectral Mappings for CARLOS GAMMA
15 August 2009
“Spectral mapping is a
transformation from a “source” spectrum to a
“destination” spectrum...it can be used to create
inharmonic instruments that retain much of the tonal
quality of familiar (harmonic)
instruments” - William A.
Sethares Read
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If partials are inharmonic
22 July 2009
Let's get our hands dirty with JND!
03 April 2009
The Spiral of Fifths
27 March 2009
I am
preparing for an upcoming lecture, at NYU in
Florence, about the "Evolution of Tuning Systems", so, I am trying to
figure out a way to demonstrate some tuning
techniques in a comprehensible and "entertaining"
manner Read
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